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Hominid occupation of the East-Central Highlands of Ethiopia in the Plio–Pleistocene

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Stone artefacts and fossil evidence suggest that hominids did not reach the high plateau of Ethiopia until ∼1.5 Myr ago. Contact between hominids of the plateau and the Rift Valley seems likely.

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Clark, J., Kurashina, H. Hominid occupation of the East-Central Highlands of Ethiopia in the Plio–Pleistocene. Nature 282, 33–39 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/282033a0

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